How to Use cathedral ceiling in a Sentence

cathedral ceiling

noun
  • The home opens to a foyer with a cathedral ceiling and a great room with walls of glass and southern exposure.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
  • Love’s former recording studio, now a lounge, includes a skylit loft under a cathedral ceiling.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
  • One rises to the peak of a cathedral ceiling, and another anchors a cozy TV lounge.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2025
  • These will be used throughout the first floor, with the exception of the great room, where an 11-foot ceiling is planned, and the primary suite with its cathedral ceiling.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Their contractor created a wood structure to support the cathedral ceiling, which was finished with plaster by professional church restorers.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 16 May 2026
  • Upstairs, the primary suite is positioned as a quiet retreat with a cathedral ceiling, a wrought-iron chandelier handcrafted in Umbria, and tall French doors that open to a balcony facing redwood trees.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • With its cathedral ceiling and a tall, red chimney, the house on 79th Avenue hardly stands out in a quiet, working-class East Oakland neighborhood where residents tend to look out for one another.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The great room of the house, a space inspired by the forest city Caras Galadhon in The Lord of the Rings, boasts a cathedral ceiling that soars 40 feet in the air and is crossed by branches, tree limbs and vines.
    — Mark Lamster architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026

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